釋氏稽古略 2.26

2.26

Great Cheng Changed to Han
Li Te was a man of Baxi who in his youth served the Jin. In the second year of Tai'an under Emperor Hui of the Western Jin, he occupied Yi Prefecture (Sichuan West Circuit, Chengdu Route; in the territory of Liang Prefecture, the commandery named Jincheng), calling his state Cheng and naming the era Jianchu. After Te died, his son Xiong succeeded him. In the tenth month of the first year of Yongxing under Emperor Hui of Jin, Xiong assumed the throne of Prince of Chengdu and changed the reign era to Jianxing. He appointed his uncle Xiang as Grand Tutor and posthumously honored his father Te as King Jing of Chengdu. In the first year of Guangxi under Emperor Hui of Jin, Xiong, Prince of Chengdu, ascended the imperial throne, naming the era Yanping, calling the state Great Cheng, and honoring Te as Emperor Jing. In the ninth year of Xianhe under Emperor Cheng of the Eastern Jin, Xiong died. Crown Prince Ban ascended the throne. His younger brother, Li Qi, General Who Pacifies the East, plotted rebellion and, while Ban was mourning at night, assassinated him in the mortuary hall. Qi ascended the imperial throne, posthumously titling Xiong as Martial Emperor with the temple name Taizong. In the first year of Xiankang under Emperor Cheng of Jin, Qi, Duke of You, changed the era name to Yuheng and changed the state title to Han. In the fourth year of Xiankang of the Jin, Li Shou, Emperor Zhongmuwen of Han, killed Qi and set himself up, changing the reign era to Hanxing. In the seventh year of Xiankang of the Jin, Shou, ruler of Han, appointed his son Shi to oversee the Grand General and manage the affairs of the Masters of Writing. In the second year of Jianyuan under Emperor Kang of Jin, Li Shi was enthroned, and the era was named Taihe. By the second year of Yonghe of the Jin, the Han era was Jianing. In the eleventh month, Huan Wen, General Who Pacifies the West of Jin, attacked Han. In the third month of the third year of Yonghe of the Jin, Wen's troops reached Chengdu and set fire to its city gates. The people of Han were terrified and had no further will to fight. Shi presented himself at the gates of the army camps as Li Shi of Luoyang to surrender. Wen sent Shi and more than ten members of his imperial clan to Jiankang, where he was enfeoffed as Marquis Who Returned to Righteousness; the state was destroyed. Cheng arose in the guihai year, the second year of Tai'an under Emperor Hui of the Western Jin, and ended in the dingwei year, the third year of Yonghe under Emperor Mu of the Eastern Jin, spanning five rulers and a total of forty-five years.